2013

Sleepaway Camp and the Future of Jewish Life

Jeremy J. Fingerman is the CEO of the Foundation for Jewish Camp.Last week, I had the distinct privilege of attending ...

From My Orthodox Yeshiva to Standing With My Husband Under the Huppah

When I thought about my future as a kid, the image of a wedding would come into focus. A beautiful ...

Sex and violence

A friend of mine recently posted a link to this blog post about a screening of an Israeli film titled ...

My Journey to Authentic Living

We’re incredibly grateful to Yiscah for sharing this excerpt from her forthcoming book, 40 Years in the Wilderness: My Journey ...

Touring with Sholem Aleichem

So my biography of Sholem Aleichem – the great Jewish writer, perhaps the greatest in modern Jewish history, the man who created ...

Being Part of the Whole

I learned recently that groups of animals have the most interesting names. Some are well known, like a school of ...

Jews in the Pew (Survey)

Like everyone else I know who is active in the Jewish community, my Facebook page and email inbox have been ...

Breast Cancer and Jews: Know Your Risk!

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Since a peer-led health initiative is one of the programs I help coordinate, I ...

May All Of Our Hearts Be Moved to Action

A week ago, a woman named Deb took her life in New Jersey. I learned about her death in an ...

October Blues

It’s only been a month and a half since my son Jonah returned from sleep-away camp and I’m already feeling ...

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